Southside Fitness

Latest Southside Fitness News 29-8-26

With the end of the Holiday season, Kids back to school, and Fitness Levels to catch up on, the Circuit Training Classes are filling up again.

'Pay as you Go' Class Times:
Monday from 6-45pm
Thursday from 7pm
Saturday morning 70/30 Strength/Cardio from 9-30am
All Classes are in Knocklyon Community Centre.
Class info, etc, on www.southsidefitness.ie

A BIG SHOUT OUT for our SSF Circuit Class/Mountain Running Team; Anne Marie, Mary, Jacinta, Catherine, and Malika.
2026 so far, saw the Team compete in 60 plus IMRA (Irish Mountain Running Assoc) races between them'
Aside from the fun, and Fitness Benefits, the SSF Team took Four Awards home with them on Wednesday evening 26-8-26.

2026 Age Category IMRA Leinster League Half Marathon winner, and third year in a row for Catherine 👏🏻
2026 Age Category IMRA Leinster Trail League Winners, Jacinta and Mary 👏🏻👏🏻
2026 Age Category IMRA Leinster Trail League Winner, Dave.

Some images from last weeks' Circuit Training Classes, and the Last IMRA League race, barbecue, and Awards Ceremony.

Latest Southside Fitness News 15-8-26

July and August are usually quiet holiday time periods.
But we've still had quite a few keeping their overall strength and cardiovascular fitness levels up when their time off allows.

Some images from the July and August circuit training classes, and a few from our Southside Fitness Mountain Running group who are regulars in our circuit training classes.

Latest Southside Fitness News 1-8-26

Within Holiday Time;
Kids off school, holiday breaks, work and Family commitments, there's always time to fit in a couple of weekly Fitness/exercise sessions for ongoing Health and overall fitness benefits.

Well done to our next group of Five Southside Fitness Participants who made the 'Milestone Crew' with 50 circuit training classes completed so far in July 2026.

Dee, Anne Marie D, Anne Marie P, Edel, and Kristina 👏👏👏👏👏

Some images from our Circuit Training classes, and from our Mountain Running group, and outdoor Rehab post run sweathouse session.

Latest Southside Fitness News 1-7-26

Your Life's 'Health-span' can be short or long.
Your Life's 'Disease-span' can be long or short.

Regular weekly aerobic and resistance exercises will increase your 'Health-span', and shorten your disease-span.

World Health Organisation (W.H.O) recommendations for the last 30 years, is a minimum of 150 minutes of Moderate Intensity Aerobic Physical Activity,
i.e. some activity you percieve to be between 'somewhat hard, and hard'.
And muscle strengthening exercises should be performed on Major muscle groups, on two or more days per week.

If you follow the age old, and confirmed science, on the benefits of regular physical activity, your Lifes' 'Healthspan' will last an awefull lot longer than the majority of the '1st World' populations.

EVERYONE needs a holiday, a break away from the pressures of everyday life, and even then you can factor in some enjoyable moderate aerobic intensity, and resistance exercises.
And the holiday will be even more 'fullfilling'.

Happy Summer 🌞🌞

Some images from the last couple of weeks of June 2026 training in Knocklyon C. Centre, and some Sunday Morning Mountain Run 'meet-ups'.

Southside Fitness Mountain Runners: May/June 2026.

Three Sunday morning training runs, and Two IMRA races.

Bumped into Waterville 2 stage Ultra 2nd Female Charlotte, with Katie and Donal, on our Sugarloaf to Powerscourt Ridge Sunday run.

Glendalough, Prince Williams Seat Sunday run, and Fernhill Sunday run.

Two IMRA races; SugarBowl and Keedean.

A lot of lovely runs and races in the last 5 weeks

Well done all 💪

Southside Fitness, Thursday from 7pm, in Knocklyon C. Centre 4-6-2026
Some of the 8 mins warm up, and some of the 40 mins of Exercises.

Top 20% of all age categories for overall fitness, (strength and cardiovascular fitness), in Ireland.

Well done all 💪

Thursday is a Coach Led class from 7-8pm.
Monday is a 9 station circuit class from 6.45pm to 7.45pm, (go at your own pace/level for all classes).
Saturday morning is a 70/30 strength/cardio 6 station class from 9.30am to 10.30am.

All run in Knocklyon C.Centre

Info on Southsidefitness.ie

Latest Southside Fitness News 12-5-26

Whether doing some Circuit Training, cycling, swimming, running, etc, weekly consistancy is key to overall Fitness and Health benefits.

Already for 2026 we have Seven SSF participants,
with less than 10 classes away from the Annual '50 classes' mark this year, and soon to be the first to recieve the new Southside Fitness 'Milestone' Training Tee.
And another Eight, with less 20 classes away from the '50 class' Mark.

Well done all 👏👏

Some images from the last two weeks of classes in Knocklyon C. Centre.
Monday, Thursday and Saturday morning.

Well done to the Four Southside Fittness Reps, who took part in the Waterville Trail Running Festival on May 2nd and 3rd 2026. Catherine, Anne Marie, Malika in the 26km race, and Dave in the 2 day Ultra race
All Four completed their Events 👏👏✊✊

We had the second Female, Malika, Home in the 26km race.

And Dave finished in 8th place overall in 8 hours 19 minutes, for the 2 Day Ultra 70km (26 on Saturday morning, and 44km on Sunday morning)

Some Images of the 44km second day course, and the Crew support on the day.
Badly needed 👏

More Photos and videos of the 26km event to follow.

Latest Southside Fitness News 19-4-2026

A Typical Southside Fitness Week of Training, and some Sunday Morning Southside Fitness Mountain Running Images from the last couple of weeks.

Monday Circuit Training from 6.45pm,

Wednesday Lunchtime from 12.35pm
70/30 Strength/Cardio.

Thursday, 'you never know what to expect'.

Saturday Morning from 9.30am, 60/40 Strength/Cardio.

15 Year Anniversary of the Southside Fitness Years, Unbroken, even through Covid.

Established April 11th 2011.

Well done to all, some still training for many years; 15, 14, 10, 5, 3, etc, and another new block of participants in the last few years.

We're keeping it going.👏